anti-obesity drug

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• Anti-obesity drug — Anti obesity drugs or weight loss drugs refer to all pharmacological agents that reduce or control weight. These drugs alter one of the fundamental processes of the human body, weight regulation, by either altering appetite or metabolism.The main …   Wikipedia

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• Anti-diabetic medication — Anti diabetic medications treat diabetes mellitus by lowering glucose levels in the blood. With the exceptions of insulin, exenatide, and pramlintide, all are administered orally and are thus also called oral hypoglycemic agents or oral… …   Wikipedia

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• Obesity in the United States — Historical U.S. Obesity Rate, 1960 2004.[1] Obesity in the United States has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades. While many industrialized countries have experienced similar increases, obesity rates in the United… …   Wikipedia

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• Management of obesity — The main treatment for obesity consists of dieting and physical exercise.[1] Diet programs may produce weight loss over the short term,[2] but maintaining this weight loss is frequently difficult and often requires making exercise and a lower… …   Wikipedia

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